Overview
- Local reports say the girl was found inside her father’s van after he drove to work without dropping her at nursery following a separate school drop-off.
- Medics took the child to the Bertamiráns Urgent Care Centre in cardiac arrest and attempted resuscitation for about 20 minutes but she did not survive.
- Police say the death is believed to be due to severe dehydration and heat stroke after the child was exposed to high temperatures inside the vehicle.
- The Civil Guard and the Santiago Territorial Judicial Police Team have opened a judicial investigation, GIPCE has been deployed to support the family, and Brión’s town hall declared two days of mourning.
- Experts warn cars can heat quickly and a child’s body overheats faster than an adult’s, and officials will seek to clarify the reported distraction by a phone call and the uncertain time the child spent in the van.